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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Leonard Holmes

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 28 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 28 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard AWMM
  • Surname
    Holmes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23/2004 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Holmes (mother), Queen Street East, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 23/2004 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Drover/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Emily Ann Holmes of Hastings AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 July 1916 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France AWMM IV. E. 24 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • To Leonard, Faithfully remembered year by year by the Mitchell Family (Great Uncle of Jennifer Mitchell, Great Great Uncle of Magnus Mitchell and Alexandra Mitchell).
    Public - Magnus Christian Edward - Other Relative - 27 April 2015
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Sources

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